Samson-class Medium Assault Mecha Armor

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Samson-class Medium Assault Mecha Armor
Model: Northern Gun Samson-class Medium Assault Mecha Armor
Type: Medium Mecha Armour
Scale: Speeder
Height: 3.3 meters
Skill: Powersuit Operation
Crew: 1
Crew Skill: Power Suit Ops 3D+2, Missile Weapons 3D, Armour Weapons 3D
Cargo: 10 kilograms
Cover: Full
Cost: 35,000 (New)
Maneuverability: 0D
Body: 3D
Movement: 30
Sensors:
-- Passive: 200/0D
-- Scan: 400/1D
-- Search: 600/2D
-- Focus: 3/+3D
Weapons
Medium Repeating Blaster
-- Scale: Character
-- Skill: Blaster
-- Range: 100/300/400
-- Damage: 6D+2
Shoulder Mounted Rocket Launcher (2 Shots)
-- Scale: Speeder
-- Fire Control: 2D
-- Arc: Front, left, right
-- Skill: Missile Weapons
-- Range: 200/400/600
-- Damage: 6D
Source: Ice's Star Wars Page

[garhkal]

So it's body rating is in place of the Armor bonus?

What's its dex penalty? Practically all suits of armor giving more than 2d phys have some.
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[garhkal]

SO its a bigger, better badder and no penalized zero g suit of armor. If this exists, i see no reason why anyone would ever take any other suit if they can afford it.
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[Raven Redstar]

Overall, I think the effective 5D soak is more balanced than a suit of Armor which could be getting 6D or more. Also, the scale will make the person wearing the armor easier to hit by character scale weaponry.

I like it overall, but I'd definitely limit the availability on it. The original made not that it's very uncommon. Also, something like this would likely have a black market price hike, making the suit cost up to 5x the amount.

I'd also like to point out, that the stats presented by SWR did not include any kind of atmosphere, so this thing wouldn't be much use out in space, or in hostile environments. Those sorts of things would cost additional money and take time to modify the suit for it. He toned down the speed from the original suit as well, since the original suit was move+30, meaning a pilot could have a basic move of up to 42, instead of a static 30. I kind of see this as a pint sized walker suit, which just uses the powersuit operations interface.

All in all, it's not a bad write up, and I think it's definitely something that might get deployed against particularly dangerous player characters. A bounty hunter using the suit, a merc unit all equipped with it, Imperial Special Forces Assault, etc...

I know that garhkal usually is worried about things from a "What if my players get their hands on it" standpoint, whereas I'm of the "How freaked out would my players be if a whole team of these guys got sent after them."
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[garhkal]

cranky no. Just wondering why you would come up with something so souped up.

[Raven Redstar]

Um, you are aware that characters with armor bonus get their strength score added in.

3D Speeder scale soak would be 5D character scale versus a possible 4D Strength +2D which gives a 6D maximum for a human, that's not even including high strength races. That's where I'm getting my numbers from.

The suit that was proposed in the original post has a 3D Speeder scale hull, which means it's on equal footing with a blaster rifle or a heavy blaster pistol, what's so overpowering about that? The only advantage the armor gives is increased mobility and a large array of sensors and communications gear, all of which could be purchased separately for a much lower price tag. Also, with a mechanized suit, it will be far more susceptible to Ion attacks.

I'm not seeing how the suit is such an unreasonable vehicle when for the same price a player could buy an AT-PT, which has 2D Walker scale hull. The main hand held cannon (Which probably shouldn't be included in the price unless it's built into the suit) is barely a step up from a light repeating blaster. These are all common enough gear bits which are combined into a single suit, which also means that it's easier to remove as a GM, if the suit is impounded or destroyed.
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[Raven Redstar]

Let's compare it to the AT-PT which is close in size at half the cost:

[garhkal]

[Raven Redstar]

That's where the full cover and body strength stats come into play. It's effectively a vehicle that just uses the powersuit operation skill.

You roll damage versus the suit, and then the operator would take appropriate damage based on passenger damage. Otherwise his stats would say +3D Speeder scale.
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[Raven Redstar]

Do I win a free printed version of REUP?

Yes, that's true. The armored version seems a little more powerful than the vehicular version. I was noticing when I converted my own Power Armor suit to a Walker-Scale vehicle, that it actually became easier to destroy than a character scale heavily armored powersuit. Funny how that works...
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